Fernando Sarney

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| name = Fernando Sarney

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| caption = Sarney in 2019

| birth_name = Fernando José Macieira Ferreira Araújo da Costa Sarney

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| birth_place = São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil

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| occupation = Member, FIFA Council

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| spouse = Teresa Sarney

| parents = José Sarney
Marly Sarney

| children = 3

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Fernando José Macieira Ferreira Araújo da Costa Sarney (born 7 January 1956) is a Brazilian football administrator and a member of the FIFA Council.

Personal life and career

He is a son of the former President of Brazil José Sarney.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/26/brazil-fa-fifa-executive-committee |title=Brazil’s FA president resigns post on Fifa’s executive committee | Football |newspaper=The Guardian |accessdate=26 February 2016}}

In 2009, Sarney won a court injunction, preventing the newspaper O Estado de São Paulo from publishing "his indictment on corruption charges".{{cite web|author=David Hills |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2015/nov/29/said-and-done-fifa-transparency |title=Said & Done: Transparency; Colwyn Bay; and a big week for Jesus | Football |newspaper=The Guardian |date=14 September 2015 |accessdate=26 February 2016}} The newspaper published an article linking Sarney to a political scandal, Senate Secret Acts.{{cite web|url=https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/sarney-v-o-estado-de-sao-paulo/ |title=Global Freedom of Expression | Sarney v. O Estado de São Paulo - Global Freedom of Expression |website=Globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu |accessdate=26 February 2016}}

Sarney has been a FIFA Council member since 2015.

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